Ebony Steele Biography

Fast Facts

• Earned her B․S․ degree in Mechanical Engineering at Tuskegee University
• Met her long-time comedic collaborator Rickey Smiley when he was working at a Thom McCann shoe store
• Her hosting style, on radio and television, is marked by both sensitivity and wit
• Spent years as a model, was crowned Miss Tuskegee during college, won Miss Gulf Coast and won numerous awards at the following Miss Alabama pageant
• Credits her grandmother Flora McGhee, the founder of the first black owned modeling school in Birmingham, with inspiring her to pursue dance and radio
• Dreamed of owning her own dance studio from a young age and eventually founded Ebony Arrington Dance & Performance, Inc
• She has been featured in "The Birmingham News" and on the cover of "Birmingham Magazine," as well as in other publications